The agency is currently finalizing plans and will bring the details of what they're calling a "safety action plan" in the next few months, said spokeswoman Gloria Chin after the death of Rafael Nieves, 85, on Jan. 9, the third death on Grand Street in less than a year's time.

In November, they made a further call for safety upgrades, along with advocates at Transportation Alternatives, unveiling an idea for a Grand Street Peopleway, which would prioritize bikers, buses and pedestrians, with dedicated bus lanes, in part as a way to prepare for the L train shutdown in 2019.

Last week, Councilman Antonio Reynoso asked that all private vehicles be prohibited from using the street.

It wasn't immediately clear exactly when the DOT would present local Community Board 1 with the safety upgrades.

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